voncookie | March 31, 2009
Chapter 4 Update: 2:00 a.m. I just rewrote a very vague section of the chapter, and feel much, much better about it now. Now I just have to write the final section, or rather 1/2 section, and put some sort of conclusion on it. Hmm. Haven’t figured out how to wind this up yet, but… [...]
voncookie | March 30, 2009
Today is a strange day. First of all, I was supposed to be working during the wee hours to finish this chapter, but ended up sleeping instead. That’s okay, I must have needed it. One cannot burn the candle at both ends indefinitely. Secondly, there is a massive amount of construction work going on outside [...]
voncookie | March 29, 2009
I slept a little, so it’s not an entirely “Damned” evening, for starters. And “Damned” is relative, since, while I’m not getting my much-needed eight hours of sleep, I am getting my much-needed Chapter 4 done. Yes, you heard right: done. I mean, I don’t believe I’ll finish it before the French Place opens up [...]
voncookie | March 28, 2009
I’ve surpassed 15 K words, and then some. It seems that it’s not about the word count anymore. It’s all about completing these separate sections of which there are two left. Well, maybe one and a half. I’m working with E equals MC squared right now, and if you haven’t guessed, I’m working with my [...]
voncookie | March 27, 2009
I had a ghostly experience today when I went to Borders (hell, why bother hiding the name?) and, contrary to its outside everything-is-normal appearance, on the interior… the recession has a name for its pain, and it is Borders. I worked at Borders on and off during the mid-’90s, and the store I saw today [...]
voncookie | March 27, 2009
1) What author do you own the most books by? Umberto Eco and Henry Miller–perfectly tied. 2) What book do you own the most copies of? Don Quixote, believe it or not, not that I’m overly fond of the book. I wrote a paper that had to deal with the variations in English translations of [...]
voncookie | March 25, 2009
I set a goal of 20K words for Ch4. I am currently about to cross the 14K mark, which means I should be getting close to finishing… maybe 11 or so more single-spaced pages. ::snort:: Yeah, right. I spent so much time on my “planteamiento” that now my literary analysis is shriveling on the vine. [...]
voncookie | March 24, 2009
I love watching critics try and wrangle with Surrealist/Expressionist art/literature. Where they don’t have a vocabulary, where language fails them in their ardent goal of understanding the irrational and unintelligible aspects of slippery performances, they simply make up words that they think fit and pull out the big guns–words like “a priori” and “epistemological”–to make [...]
voncookie | March 24, 2009
I admit: the Diss has fallen into a state of disrepair. It has been neglected like an old Victorian on a side street in Liberal Paradise. I have my reasons… mostly postdoc applications, but also some proposals for MLA papers. As tempted as I am to give up my academic pursuits, due to my decided [...]
voncookie | March 22, 2009
I have nothing better to do, so I’m going through mountains of paperwork. It’s amazing to me how much crap accumulates in such a short span of time. Mostly medical bills, if truth be told, and that’s because I am a bit of a hypochondriac… or maybe I just have a low threshold of pain. [...]
voncookie | March 21, 2009
Awake, no pain really but thinking about what it would be like to risk my other hand as well as I chop through paragraphs and pages in a clumsy concrete echo meant to hold up what only I feel is flimsy. … Awake, again.
voncookie | March 20, 2009
sitting outside on the stoop I watched an ant wander across the concrete from stem to stern polishing the gravel in small circles as he homed in on some distant pole or sandy mountain that was his space his nest his place, disappeared behind him when he went to forage for that day’s sticky golden [...]
voncookie | March 19, 2009
Well let’s see… The flyback job didn’t come through. I have carpal tunnel syndrome in my left hand. And it’s looking pretty grim on all other fronts as well… job wise anyway. Luckily WordPress and Dragon work well together, if slowly. It keeps me from stressing my hand too much, but it’s very weird dictating [...]
voncookie | March 18, 2009
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pick Your Artist: R.E.M. 1. Are you male or female: Untitled 2. Describe yourself: Crush with Eyeliner (she’s a sad tomato, she’s three miles of bad road…) 3. How do you feel about yourself: You are the Everything. 4. Describe where you currently live: [...]
voncookie | March 17, 2009
10:00 a.m. So, today I’ve set quite a task for myself: to finish the sections on two separate authors. There isn’t much left to write for one of them, and that section leads nicely into the next, but it’s a lot of work for one day. I’d best be getting started soon! My finger is [...]
